LEADER 04247nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910458725803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-96477-1 010 $a9786612964770 010 $a1-4008-3764-2 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400837649 035 $a(CKB)2560000000048981 035 $a(EBL)664569 035 $a(OCoLC)705945738 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000471830 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11330866 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000471830 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10433387 035 $a(PQKB)11240889 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC664569 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36873 035 $a(DE-B1597)446710 035 $a(OCoLC)979749691 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400837649 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL664569 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10443126 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL296477 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000048981 100 $a20070627d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOne day that shook the Communist world$b[electronic resource] $ethe 1956 Hungarian uprising and its legacy /$fPaul Lendvai ; translated by Ann Major 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (308 p.) 300 $aTranslated from the German. 311 $a0-691-13282-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [279]-284) and index. 327 $aA day that shook the Communist world -- The road to revolution -- A night of cataclysmic decisions -- The legend of the corvinists -- Wrestling for the soul of Imre Nagy -- Deadlocked -- A turnaround with a question mark -- The general, the colonel, and the adjutant -- The dams are breaking -- The condottiere, the "Uncle," and the romantics -- Decision in the Kremlin: the end of patience -- Double dive into darkness -- The puppeteers and the Ka?da?r Enigma -- Operation whirlwind and Ka?da?r phantom government -- The Yugoslav-Soviet conspiracy -- The second revolution -- The moral bankruptcy of the U.S. liberation theory -- Worldwide reactions -- The barbarous vendetta of the victors -- 1956-1989: victory in defeat?. 330 $aOn October 23, 1956, a popular uprising against Soviet rule swept through Hungary like a force of nature, only to be mercilessly crushed by Soviet tanks twelve days later. Only now, fifty years after those harrowing events, can the full story be told. This book is a powerful eyewitness account and a gripping history of the uprising in Hungary that heralded the future liberation of Eastern Europe. Paul Lendvai was a young journalist covering politics in Hungary when the uprising broke out. He knew the government officials and revolutionaries involved. He was on the front lines of the student protests and the bloody street fights and he saw the revolutionary government smashed by the Red Army. In this riveting, deeply personal, and often irreverent book, Lendvai weaves his own experiences with in-depth reportage to unravel the complex chain of events leading up to and including the uprising, its brutal suppression, and its far-reaching political repercussions in Hungary and neighboring Eastern Bloc countries. He draws upon exclusive interviews with Russian and former KGB officials, survivors of the Soviet backlash, and relatives of those executed. He reveals new evidence from closed tribunals and documents kept secret in Soviet and Hungarian archives. Lendvai's breathtaking narrative shows how the uprising, while tragic, delivered a stunning blow to Communism that helped to ultimately bring about its demise. One Day That Shook the Communist World is the best account of these unprecedented events. 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary$2bisacsh 607 $aHungary$xHistory$yRevolution, 1956 608 $aElectronic books. 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary. 676 $a943.905/2 700 $aLendvai$b Paul$f1929-$0688363 701 $aMajor$b Ann$01055689 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458725803321 996 $aOne day that shook the Communist world$92489280 997 $aUNINA